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This week sees something quite big happen in regards to boxing in Britain. Terrestrial television, roughly the equivalent of "Network" TV in America, is returning to the sport here in the UK. This is similar to when NBC started showing boxing in the US a couple of years back; it provides a much larger audience base than what one gets with subscription, satellite or cable television broadcasts. Specifically, ITV has committed to a two-year deal with Frank Warren's Sports Network company and the first benefactors of this arrangement will be the British Heavyweight scene. In the rest of the world, the heavyweight division is in the doldrums due to the lack of any dominant American heavyweight coming through. At the highest levels, the division is currently run by a Ukrainian, Vitali Klitschko and a Puerto Rican - American fighter, John Ruiz, who has won the title, lost it and then regained it more times than I can remember. His latest title was given back to him by default as James Toney, who could have set the game alight, failed a post fight drug test. [details]
